Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Michael Kopech has looked like the player fantasy managers were hoping for through his first two starts of the season. The 26-year-old has compiled a 1.00 ERA, 0.78 WHIP, and 23.5% strikeout rate against the Tigers and the Rays. It is a small sample size and Kopech will likely have his innings monitored as the season progresses, but he looks to be continuing where he left off after a strong 2021 season. He will look to keep things going in his next matchup, ...

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Michael Kopech will make his Cactus League debut on Friday against the Cincinnati Reds. Kopech is slated to toss two innings after getting a late start to camp due to an illness over the winter. The 25-year-old right-hander is in competition with Vince Velasquez and Reynaldo Lopez for the final spot in the team's starting rotation to begin the year. If he's able to get stretched out, Kopech should be the front-runner for the job, and he also has the most ...

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Michael Kopech (illness) is throwing a bullpen session on Wednesday and will move to two innings of live batting practice on Friday. Kopech had COVID-19 this winter and is a bit behind the other pitchers in camp, but he still has a chance to be ready by Opening Day. The White Sox will surely take it easy on the 25-year-old right-hander, though, after he missed all of the 2019 and 2020 seasons and only tossed 69 1/3 innings last year while working mostly out of...

Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa believes that his starting pitchers will make at least three starts each while the team is in Arizona for Spring Training, according to MLB.com's Scott Merkin. The White Sox's rotation currently consists of Lance Lynn, Lucas Giolito, Dylan Cease, Dallas Keuchel and Michael Kopech. There have been rumors that the team is looking to add another starter this offseason. They had been linked to Chris Bassitt before he signed with the New York Mets and the ...

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Michael Kopech said he had COVID-19 in the last week in February, but he feels that he'll be ready for Opening Day and to pitch every five days once the season begins. The White Sox said a few days ago that Kopech is a bit behind the other starting candidate this spring because of an undisclosed illness, and we now know that it was COVID-19. The 25-year-old right-hander also missed all of the 2019 and 2020 seasons and worked primarily out of the bullpen last ...

Chicago White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said starting pitcher Michael Kopech's build-up was delayed by an illness this offseason. However, the team is still treating him as a starter and expect him to be ready for Opening Day. The 25-year-old right-hander missed all of the 2019 and 2020 seasons and pitched in only 69 1/3 regular season innings last year, so the White Sox will be extremely cautious with him this year. If fully healthy, Kopech should serve as a back-end starter for the White ...

In 2021, the Chicago White Sox utilized right-hander Michael Kopech out of the bullpen, save for four starts, none of which surpassed five innings. He rewarded the Sox, pitching to a 3.50 ERA with a 2.97 FIP, 1.13 WHIP, 36.1 K% and 8.4 BB% across 69.1 IP. Kopech owns a fastball that averaged 97.3 MPH and placed in the 98th percentile for spin rate and also employs a slider that generated whiffs 36% of the time last season. The two pitches helped lead him to a 32.8 Whiff%, good for the 88th ...

Chicago White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech will start Game 2 of the team's doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians on Thursday. This will be his first start since May 14, when he pitched four innings against the Kansas City Royals and allowed one earned run while striking out five. The 25-year-old right-hander has struggled a bit out of the bullpen this month. He's allowed eight hits, two walks and five earned runs over 8.1 innings. He has, however, recorded a whopping 16 strikeouts over those...

Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Michael Kopech struggled in an inning of relief and picked up the loss on Thursday versus the Oakland Athletics. Kopech was called upon for the top of the seventh inning in a tie game, but allowed two hits, two runs and struck out one during his lone inning of work. Kopech was the victim of Matt Olson's 31st home run and that gave the Athletics a two-run lead at the time. Kopech was lights out in the first half of the season, but struggled in July with a 4.91 ...

Chicago White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech got lit up on Saturday for his first loss of the season versus the Cleveland Indians. Kopech went one inning and allowed five hits, five runs, one walk and recorded one strikeout. Kopech has been dominating this year, mostly as a reliever, but just didn't have it this evening. Managers should chalk this up as just a bad outing for Kopech and he is now 3-1 with a 2.55 to go along with 60 strikeouts in 42 1/3 innings. Kopech remains a valuable option ...